Friday, December 7, 2012

Mass Animal Deaths Being Reported Again...continuously.

Birds, fish, and sea life across the world have been dying in huge numbers over the last 2 years. Over 100,000 drum fish washed ashore in Arkansas; other sea life also are littering our shores; thousands of birds have fallen from the skies all over the world. Why? Arguably, increased solar activity coupled with a hole in the earth’s magnetosphere could be the cause. Current scientific knowledge informs us that birds and fish use the earth’s magnetic field during migrations.

The magnetosphere is the area around a planet in which that planet’s magnetic force is the dominant pressure. Earth is protected from the majority of solar radiation and storms by its magnetosphere, but not entirely.

Artist's rendition of Earth's magnetosphere. Credit: NASA

In 2008 NASA detected a massive breach in the magnetosphere, allowing solar winds to penetrate and cause enormous geomagnetic storms. It is known that solar storms bombard our planet with highly charged particles that can affect the pineal gland in humans. The British Medical Journal has published findings that support the proposition that damage to the gland can cause humans to have a diminished sense of direction. Comparing the pineal gland in humans to that of the same gland in birds raised an interesting question. In humans the gland weighs 2.0 grams and equates to less than 1% of the brain’s total weight, whereas the pigeons pineal gland weighed 1.5 grams, 10% of the weight of their brain. While the pineal gland gives us our general sense of direction as iron rich blood flows through and drawn towards the magnetic north, the increased size in the pigeons likely indicate a greater sensitivity to the magnetosphere.

Migratory animals across the planet make use of magnetoaxis — the ability to detect the magnetosphere. Recently it was discovered that birds can see the magnetic field through photoreceptors in their eyes. This allows them to orient themselves during migratory flights. A massive breach in the magnetosphere detected by NASA in 2008 permitted solar winds to generate enormous geomagnetic storms. Geomagnetic disturbances caused by the sun’s increased activity are likely impacting birds and fish.

Science Daily recently reported that creatures such as crabs, sharks, salmon, starfish and dolphins also possibly use the magnetic field for a second purpose beyond migration — to detect prey. “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal found that tiny iron-rich cells called magnetite embedded in the nasal passages of rainbow trout were 100 times more powerful than previously thought, and essentially acted as tiny compass needles inside the animal’s sensory system.”

The recent death of more than 40,000 crabs, starfish, lobsters, and anemones in England highlights the biological effects of a disturbed magnetosphere. The fact that migratory creatures across the world rely on the magnetosphere as a map is indisputable. As we approach maximum solar wind activity, many more opportunities will be presented to study the effects that the changing magnetosphere may be having on our biology as well as that of other creatures on our planet.

Sinai sea turtle mass deaths shrouded in mystery

“The number of deaths is really huge, one of the biggest recorded in Egypt, and the thing that's concerning us the most is that the early tests haven't shown any obvious answers whether the deaths are caused by water intoxication, increased salinity or another reason,” Ali said.Sea turtles are one of the Earth's most ancient creatures.read full story at http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/sinai-sea-turtle-mass-deaths-shrouded-mystery

Scores of endangered turtles killed in Egypt

Decapitated and battered turtles washed up on the shores of a lake in northern Egypt has environmental groups and governmental teams looking for answers.

Over 80 sea turtles, mostly endangered green sea turtles or loggerheads, washed up on the shore of Lake Bardawil in October. Some of the turtles were found decapitated or had their heads crushed by blunt objects. Some turtles were found sick with suspected poisoning.

"We realized that the 84 dead turtles were counted in a small area, not even in the entire lake. The number of dead turtles might be well higher than that," says Noor Noor, executive director of Nature Conservation Egypt, an environmental non-government organization, and one of several independent groups that has visited the lake to find out more about the reported deaths.

60 Pilot Whales & 20 Bottlenose Dolphins Beached

More animals have again stranded themselves on an island off Tasmania’s north-west coast, a day after about 80 whales and dolphins beached themselves there. Yesterday 60 pilot whales and 20 bottlenose dolphins were found on New Years Island, just a day after 13 other dolphins beached in Quarantine Bay on nearby King Island. Of the mammals beached on New Years Island, crews saved six dolphins and just two whales. Eight of the dolphins that beached on King Island were able to be saved...

...“It’s not that common to get that stranding of both pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins but it did happen at the last stranding on King Island which is quite interesting,” she said.

Waterbird die-off hits Lake Michigan

November 4, 2012

GULLIVER - In a dramatic scene along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Schoolcraft County, researchers have recently discovered the carcasses of nearly 700 dead waterbirds, thought to be the victims of Type-E botulism.

Similar large Lake Michigan bird die-offs were recorded in the Upper Peninsula in October 2007 and downstate near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 2006.

"During two weeks in mid-October, a seven-mile stretch of beach near Gulliver amassed 413 carcasses, including 236 common loons," said Damon McCormick a loon researcher from Common Coast Research and Conservation. "This episode was preceded by a September mortality event that primarily involved horned and red-necked grebes."

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Three dead common loons among 236 that washed ashore along a seven-mile stretch of Lake Michigan beach near Gulliver last month. Researchers think Type-E botulism is to blame for the die-off. (Damon McCormick photo)

"Although collected specimens have not yet been tested for Type-E botulism, the circumstantial evidence strongly suggests that the toxin is responsible for most, if not all, of the deaths," McCormick said.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials define Type-E botulism as a disease "that results when a toxin, produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, is ingested, causing paralysis."

The DNR said the disease has been associated with waterbird and fish die-offs in Lake Michigan over recent years.

"Intoxicated birds may be lethargic, have difficulty holding their head out of the water or be unable to fly," the DNR said.

Fact Box

Botulism safety precautions for waterfowl

The DNR recommends waterfowl hunters in the eastern Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula follow these precautions when processing waterfowl:

Over 500 pigeons drop dead in Bihar village

PATNA: More than five hundred pigeons have dropped dead at a village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district over the last four days, causing residents, some of them pigeon-keepers, to fear that something was amiss.

50 Birds Found Mysteriously Dead on the Road in Collin County, Texas

December 05, 2012- UNITED STATES - There’s an eerie scene in McKinney. There are dozens of dead birds lining White Avenue and Central Expressway.

An NBC 5 viewer emailed pictures of the dead birds toisee@nbcdfw.com. We contacted the Collin County Game Wardens Office.

A member came out and looked at that bird. While it was bleeding from it’s mouth it had not been shot and appeared to die only recently. By our count there are close to 50 dead birds, mostly Grackles, Starlings and Pigeons.

While this is a heavily traveled area, no one seems to know how or why the birds are dying. The Collin County Game Warden’s office visited had not received any calls about the birds prior to NBC 5 contacting them this afternoon. –

Hundreds of Dead Carp Wash up in Pinto Lake, California

December 6, 2012

December 05, 2012 – UNITED STATES – About 200 dead carp have washed up at Pinto Lake in the past week.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is examining the fish to determine what caused the deaths, said Robert Ketley, Watsonville water quality specialist. But because of their advanced state of decomposition, it may be difficult to say for sure what happened.

Ketley said it’s possible the bottom-feeding carp are victims of the toxic blue algae that plagues the lake. As the algae decays and drifts to the lake bottom, it can cause ammonia levels to increase and oxygen to decrease, he said. Because carp feed in the depths, they are more likely to be affected than other fish.

What’s Killing Catfish Near Marco Island, Florida

December 4, 2012

December 03, 2012 – UNITED STATES – Florida wildlife researchers are trying to get to the bottom of what killed clusters of catfish in waters around Marco Island last week. Reports of the catfish kill surfaced before Thanksgiving along with uncharacteristic schools of catfish swimming erratically at the surface of Henderson Creek south of U.S. 41 East. “That was a big indication that something was strange,” Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve spokeswoman Renee Wilson said.

Photo courtesy of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Distressed catfish swim nearthe surface in Rookery Bay possibly due to red tide which has been killing fish in the area.

Instead of being silvery gray, the fish were ghostly white and had reddened lips and fins, a sign that the fish were under some kind of stress, she said. Reserve workers sent off tissue samples from the dying fish to the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, the science arm of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in St. Petersburg, to be tested. Results could take weeks. Researchers wouldn’t speculate about the cause of the Marco Island fish kill, one of about a thousand that get reported to the wildlife agency each year from around Florida. Theories range from red tide poisoning to a disease or virus. “We don’t want to jump to a conclusion,” said Theresa Cody, associate research scientist at the institute.

Malabar beach glows blue following red algae invasion

December 4, 2012 – AUSTRALIA – After the eastern beaches coastline resembled the Red Sea last Tuesday, the “night lantern” visited Sydney’s Malabar beach that evening. These photos have not been digitally enhanced – in fact, photographer Dr David Psaila said the water was an even more spectacular color blue than that shown in these images, the Southern Courier reports. “The organism responsible,Noctiluca Scintillans known as “night lantern” is very aptly named, as it will luminescent a bright blue when it is disturbed by waves,” he said. The Chifley scientist said the red algae that crept along the east coast last week contained a chemical called luciferin which was a common protein found in bioluminescent animals. “It’s a chemical reaction that causes light,” he said. “It is often found in deep sea creatures and is the exact same chemical that causes fire flies to glow.”Dr Psaila said although he had seen this effect before but never to this degree. “The reason why there are probably not seeing it at other beaches is that those beaches would have a lot more lights around so it’s really hard to see whereas at Malabar – you see the waves rolling in and they are all blue,” he said. –News

comments: Is this because the ‘Noctiluca Scintillans’ are dying off in deep sea from the heating up of the oceans’ bottom?

Colorado hit with first anthrax disease outbreak in 31 years

August 16, 2012– COLORADO – Two more cows have died from anthrax exposure in northeast Colorado, expanding the first outbreak of the disease in the state in 31 years to three ranches. Last week, 60 cows died on a Logan County ranch, where anthrax was positively identified in one animal. Officials say it’s likely they all died of the disease. The Colorado Department of Agriculture said Wednesday the additional cows were on two separate adjacent ranches. Both died from the disease. State Veterinarian Keith Roehr said all three ranches involved share fences and the new cases likely are the result of cows grazing in an area with soil containing anthrax spores. Neighboring herds have been vaccinated. No cows left the affected ranches so none entered the food supply and no human infection has been reported, Roehr said. Anthrax kills livestock within hours of infection and can decimate herds if animals are not quickly treated, he said. Anthrax is caused by a bacterium that forms in spores and can lie dormant in soil for decades until ingested. Humans get anthrax most commonly through direct contact with infected animals usually when spores get into a cut or abrasion on the skin. Without treatment it can be fatal, but early treatment with antibiotics is very effective. The personnel on the three affected ranches are working with their doctors and public health officials and are being given antibiotics as a precaution, Roehr said. –Business Week

U.S. scientists probe beaching that killed 17 whales

September 2, 2012 – FLORIDA – U.S. scientists are to investigate what led 22 whales to beach themselves in Florida—killing 17 of them—one of three such incidents in North America over the weekend. The dead whales will be “dispersed at different labs across Florida for necropsy,” or animal autopsies, Blair Mase, regional stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told AFP on Sunday. Only five of the 22 pilot whales survived after beaching themselves Saturday morning at Avalon Beach State Park, on the east coast of Florida, despite efforts by volunteers and experts to save the group. So far, it is unclear why the whales swam ashore. Mase said experts would collect data to try to find out why the whales stranded themselves. The survivors, four juveniles and one calf, are “stable” and “swimming on their own,” Mase said. They are currently at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and will likely be transported later to SeaWorld in Orlando. However, two other groups of whales swam onto beaches in North America—one in Cape Cod on Saturday and another in Canada on Sunday—an occurrence that Mase said merited further investigation. “It’s very interesting that we’re seeing all these mass strandings occur in North America right now,” she added. Pilot whales are tightly knit and sometimes swim on to beaches as a group when one of them is ill. In those cases, Mase told local media, it does not help to push the whales back into the water, because they tend to quickly swim back to shore again. –Physics

16 whales die off Scotland coast: A total of 16 whales have died after being stranded on the east coast of Scotland. Ten others were refloated after being kept alive by vets from British Divers and Marine Life Rescue. The incident between Anstruther and Pittenweem in Fife involved pilot whales, each of them approximately 20ft (6m) long. The whales which survived will be monitored for the next 24 hours to see if they re-beach. Forth coastguard were alerted to the incident at about 07:00 BST on Sunday. Three of the whales which died were calves. The incident drew a large number of bystanders to the scene, prompting the coastguard to urge the public to stay away to allow rescue teams to carry out their duties. Coastguard teams from St Andrews and Leven, Anstruther lifeboat, and Fife Police assisted with the incident. A further 24 pilot whales, thought to be from the same pod, were spotted in shallow water about three miles away at Cellardyke. They have been monitored for signs that they are in danger of stranding. –BBC

Shocking Truth: Mass Animal Deaths for 2012 (updated regularly)

Last Updated on Friday, 7 December 2012 06:16Written by adminMonday, 19 November 2012 06:14

The shocking list of Mass Animal Deaths for 2012 and the year isn’t over yet.

6th December 2012 – Thousands of Fish found dead and dying on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, America. Link